Sustainable turkey carcass, and potato peels, corn husks . . .

Announcement:

Don't landfill the scraps from your holiday feast. Compost them at the Tompkins County Recycling and Solid Waste Center (yes, even the meat!). You can bring up to 10 gallons of scraps each day. All food scraps and food related paper goods are acceptable, including:

· Bread, Grains, & Beans

· Meat, Fish, & Bones (including that turkey carcass!)

· Eggs & Dairy

· Fruits & Vegetables

· Compostable Disposables

· Paper Napkins & Cups

If you go during office hours they will even give you a FREE countertop food scrap caddy, liner bags, and a 5 gallon bucket with a gamma lid (easy open, tight seal).

Please let your friends and neighbors know about this great program – the more we spread the word, the more food waste we can keep out of a landfill.

For more information, check out
http://www.recycletompkins.com/

Of course, if you prefer to compost at home, we have lots of information available at http://ccetompkins.org/garden/composting

Happy Thanksgiving & Happy Composting

Love Your Compost! (Compost Fair 4/28/13)

Press release from Get Your Greenback Tompkins:

Nearly 60% of Tompkins County residents report composting food scraps at home. Do you?

April is Compost month for Get Your GreenBack Tompkins. Composting is good for your pocketbook. It helps save money on trash tags or disposal fees. It's good for your garden, as it makes great soil for growing flowers and plants. And composting is good for the planet. Food scraps make up 30% of our waste, which composting keeps out of the landfill.

Learn about everything compost at the Compost Fair, April 28th, from 12-4 at Cornell Cooperative Extension, held in conjunction with the 4-H Duck Race. Or call the "Rotline", the compost hotline, at (607) 272-2292.

Go to getyourgreenback.org to learn more about composting and to share your compost story. Or send in a photo of your compost bin for the Compost Bin Beauty Pageant to the Get Your GreenBack Facebook page. Prizes for most beautiful, simplest, most sophisticated, and best dressed!

Your step counts! Commit to compost or share your compost story! Help us register 20,000 steps by the end of April. (17,803 so far, and aiming to reach 42,000 by the end of the year!)

Love your compost!

Master Composter training - application deadline: Monday, 1/28/13

2013 Master Composter Volunteer Training
Application deadline: Monday, January 28
Training is Wednesdays, Feb. 13 - May 1
at Cooperative Extension Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY
Help promote responsible composting in Tompkins County as a Master Composter Volunteer! Free training involves 20 hours of class time covering composting in depth, and 20 hours of "practical internship." Application required; available online at http://ccetompkins.org/garden/composting/become-master-composter. After training, Master Composters give back to the community in a variety of outreach activities. 2013 training sessions will be held from 6:30-8:30pm on Wednesdays, February 13 - May 1. Contact Adam Michaelides at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County at 272-2292 or acm1@cornell.edu for more information.